My Quarterly Sanity Shipment

For the record, my wife’s sister is a wonderful lady.  But today, she became a wonderful, lovely, and charming lady whose character and intelligence cannot be overstated.  Why?  Because chocolate, that’s why.

Don’t get me wrong, she was terrific before I received my first mail-based truffle bombardment, but there’s something about creamy ganache centers that really highlights her better qualities.  Like her taste in gifts and brother-in-laws, for example.

Of course, setting me up to receive chocolate on a regular basis might have less to do with how wonderful she is and more to do with how annoying I am when I’m out of chocolate, but that’s probably not something I should dwell on.

In any case, if I learned anything today besides who my favorite relative is, it’s that the best Christmas presents are the ones I get ALL YEAR LONG.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m late for my date with a sugar coma.